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Thursday’s political law links

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date November 10, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, Executive Branch, House, IRS, LDA, North Carolina

LOBBYISTS ON TWITTER. Sunlight’s watching. “The nonpartisan Sunlight Foundation is today launching a tool designed to track the personal Twitter activity — be it musings about the Kardashians or latest meeting with a congressmen — of Washington’s influence class.” KAISER LOAN TALK. Politico. “Advisers to Obama fundraiser George Kaiser discussed Solyndra and other government contracts […]

Political law links for Thursday, November 3rd

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date November 3, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, California, Const Law Issues, Executive Branch, FEC, Foreign Laws, IRS, LDA, Maryland, Minnesota, Social Media

SOCIAL MEDIA USERS VOTE. ReadWriteWeb. “Over the last 17 years or so, the Internet has become a major player in how voters gain information and make decisions. Since 2008, social media has proven to be a powerful force for campaigns to get out its message. That was especially prevalent in the 2010 mid-term elections and […]

Wednesday’s political law links for Nov. 2nd

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date November 2, 2011
Categories In A.M. Report, FEC, House, IRS, LDA, New York, Senate

CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL UPDATE. USAT. “Four years after Congress imposed restrictions on travel funded by outside groups, federal lawmakers are frequent fliers again, taking 415 privately funded trips between Jan. 1 and Sept. 30 — a nearly 75% jump in the number of trips they took during the same period in 2010, records show.” COMPLIANCE ISSUES. […]